The novel Martin Kačur, which dates from 1907, tells the engrossing
story of a young schoolteacher who moves from one provincial
Slovene town to the next, trying to enlighten his countrymen and
countrywomen but instead receiving only the mistrust and scorn of
the traditional-minded and petty population. The novel is ruthless
in its analysis and self-analysis of the failure of this abstract
idealist. Brilliant descriptions of Slovenia's natural beauty
alternate with the haze of alcoholic despair, rural violence,
marital alienation, and the death of a young and beloved child. The
Slovene prose writer, poet, and dramatist Cankar's
characterizations of duplicitous political and religious leaders
(the village priest, the mayor, other teachers, doctors, etc.) and
the treacherous social scene are remarkable in their engaging
clarity. No doubt the raw emotional impact of Martin Kačur derives
partly from Cankar's portrayal of the way society isolates people,
denying them sympathy and solidarity. Cankar's style here owes a
debt both to naturalism and to symbolism and contains, in its
sometimes frantic pace and associative interior monologues, hints
of early expressionism.
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